Go back to the valley to farm

Chapter 33
Chapter 33 Betta

In the middle of the night, Wu Zhiqiu couldn't stand it any longer, and went to sleep in the shack.

Li Junge saw that Li Ermao was sleeping soundly, so he didn't wake him up, and continued to watch the night by himself.

If you are bored, just enter the space and check the situation.

Repeat yesterday's work, move the weeds on the island to the ground, and move the big fish in the Lingquan to the lake.

"Hey, why is there still this in the Lingquan? Isn't this 'Shao Huo Bian'er'? But I haven't seen it for some years."

Li Junge found a group of small fish about five to seven centimeters long in Lingquan. The larger ones had a black stripe from the back of the eyes to the gill cover, and a dark green round spot on the gill cover.The dorsal, pelvic, and caudal fins are about twice as long as the body, and the first ray of the pelvic fin is extended into a filament.The body is bright orange-red, with a dozen or so bluish-cyan horizontal bands on the side of the body.very beautiful.

Smaller fish have shorter caudal fins, less obvious dovetail shape, and a turquoise color that is lighter than larger ones.

This fish is called "Shao Huo Bian'er" in Lijiagou.

The larger, brightly colored fish are males, and the smaller, duller ones are females.

The giant betta mainly inhabits areas with gentle water flow such as ponds, swamps, and paddy fields.Feeds on zooplankton, aquatic insects and mosquitoes.In the past, there were many streams in Lijiagou.

However, with the use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides, as well as draining the water to grow vegetables after rice harvesting, this fish has not been seen for a long time.

The betta has gills as an auxiliary respiratory organ and can directly breathe the air on the surface of the water.When the dissolved oxygen is low, it can swallow air bubbles into the digestive cavity for breathing.Therefore, as long as it is not destroyed by humans, the survival ability of betta fish is very strong.

This fish also has many interesting features.

Male bettas will become fierce and show obvious fighting nature in order to grab territory and compete for territory. They will often fight fiercely with approaching males and even seriously injure or die.

When mating, the male betta will spit bubbles on the water surface to build a "bubble nest" for the female betta to lay eggs during mating.

During mating, the male fish embraces the female fish with his body, gently presses and stimulates the female fish's abdomen to make the female fish ovulate, and the male fish will ovulate at the same time to fertilize the eggs.

After ovulation, the female fish will appear in a short-term coma state. At this time, the male fish will hold the eggs one by one to the bubble nest to fix them, and the female fish will also help after waking up.

This mating action will be repeated dozens of times until the female fish eggs are released.In total, about several hundred eggs are laid.

Once the mating is completed, the male betta will be responsible for guarding the fertilized eggs on the nest and constantly strengthening the nest, and will drive away other approaching bettas, including the female betta that was originally responsible for mating and laying eggs.

Typically, if you have a baby, you don't want a daughter-in-law.

Li Junge speculated that these fighting fish should come from the long-abandoned terraced fields on the mountain.

Because the terraced fields on the mountain had been deserted for a long time, betta fish hatched again in the puddles formed by the rainwater, and then were brought into his own pond by the mountain stream, and were sent to the space spirit spring together when he searched the fish pond.

"This fish is pretty good-looking, and it will be raised in a fishing net some other day." Li Junge thought.

But now he was still watching the night in the mountains, and there was nothing he could do. Li Junge went to check the orchids again, and then exited the space.

There was nothing to say all night, and the sky gradually brightened, and the birds in the mountains flew out, flock after flock, chirping for food on the small plain.

Li Ermao woke up first, got out of the shack, and said embarrassingly: "Pi Wa, why didn't you ask me to get up for the night, and made you watch all night."

Li Junge turned around in the space, feeling very energetic, and said: "Seeing that you are sleeping soundly, I didn't call you for nothing."

Then I poured out the fire pit, checked it carefully, and confirmed that there were no sparks, and then went to the stream to wash my face.

You must be careful when using fire in the mountains, otherwise it will be a disaster.

At this time Wu Zhiqiu also woke up.The three returned to the village together.

After returning the firecracker hunting knife to Uncle Orion and saying goodbye to Wu Zhiqiu and Li Ermao, Li Junge walked back with the puppies.

Passing by the threshing field, Li Junge saw that his parents were turning corn, so he went to say hello.

The uncle had already informed his parents that Li Junge had gone to watch the night, so the two of them were not surprised, and only told him to go home and have breakfast.

When I got home, I met my grandma and hurried up to say hello.

Grandma said: "My dear grandson, hurry up and eat, and go to bed for a while after eating."

Li Junge obediently agreed, went to the house to wash up first, then had breakfast, but was not sleepy at all, so he ran to his house and dragged out a box.

The box is full of gadgets for running mountains, including daggers, which are called "chaozi", hunting knives, which are called "sticking wrists", machetes, which are called "backs", and short spears. Those who run mountains are called "shuttle sticks".

These things are all made of bow boards, which are considered good household items in the countryside.

There's also a lot of clutter.

I haven't been back for several years, and these things should be re-maintained.

I found a few pieces of straw paper, wiped off the oil stains on these tools, and took them to the house to re-grind them.

Knife sharpening is also particular. There are three types of whetstones plus sandpaper, first to remove rust, then rough grinding, and finally fine grinding.

The sharpened edge line should be straight and straight, which is a perfect facet, which can reflect the figure like a mirror.

After polishing the tool, Li Junge found another thin hemp rope, twisted it together with two cotton ropes, and rewound the handle.

Such a handle has a lot of friction and sweats, and it is easy to use.

After finishing all this, Li Junge went to repair the chicken ring on the back mountain, and tried the knife by the way.

The guy was very smooth. In one morning, Li Junge surrounded a large chicken farm in the woods on a hillside in the back mountain.

The racks are set up, and when we go home, we take out a bundle of plastic woven colored strips, cover them on the racks and fix them with iron wires, and a chicken farm is surrounded.

Then I set up several chicken racks and chicken sheds in the middle of the chicken farm.

I released the chickens in the space, only to find that the chicken farm was built a bit too big, and the chickens were sparsely inside.

Counting, there are 53 in total.

"It doesn't matter, you can play here on your own in the future." Li Junge packed up the guys, went back to a corner by the fish pond, and put the baby duck into the fish pond while grandma was making lunch.

In the afternoon, I remembered another thing. I bundled upside-down Li bamboos in the space and sent them to Uncle Bamboo Carpenter.

In the evening, when my parents came back, they saw the baby chicken and duck, and asked where it came from. Li Junge said that a passing fellow sold it to him, and my parents had no doubts.

In the next few days, except for one day when Li Junge took back the sun-dried corn with his parents, the rest of the time was spent on arranging the space, walking the dog, teasing the little wild boar, or going to the fourth grandpa’s house to read a book, or just go to Ermao's tea shed is for drinking tea and chatting, and the owner's family visits the west's family, which is very happy.

One night, when the whole family was asleep, they suddenly heard the puppies barking, and then heard an old voice shouting anxiously: "Pi Wa! Pi Wa, are you there?!"

The whole family was startled, and Li Junge rushed out first, and it turned out to be Wang Xiaosong's grandfather, Wang Dongfang.

Seeing Wang Dongfang's forehead was sweating and his face was full of anxiety, Li Junge felt that the matter was serious, so he hurriedly asked, "Uncle Dongfang, what's the matter?"

Wang Dongfang said: "Oh, my Xiaosong just had a stomachache and was rolling all over the bed. I called Yaoshi Cai to see it. He said it was an emergency and he had to be sent to the county. Look at this black light, the waterway is cut off again, the child's parents Working outside, this is urging me to death!"

After all, Li Junge was a college student in the village, and he had been in a big city. Wang Dongfang also went to the doctor in a hurry, and wanted to ask him for advice.

At this time, Mom and Dad also got up, and hurriedly said: "Go to Uncle Fifth and tell him to prepare the boat. Maybe we will go there tonight."

Li Junge ran away, thought for a while before returning to the house, and took out his wallet.

This thing is not very useful in the village, but it can't be done without it in the county town.

Bringing the biggest battery lamp in the house, Li Junge trotted to see Wang Xiaosong, and at the same time called his uncle Shi Baoquan to get the boat ready.

When I rushed to Wang Xiaosong's home, I saw Wang Xiaosong writhing in pain on the bed, sweat dripping from his forehead, his face was pale, but he still clenched his teeth and remained silent.

Surrounded by several people, one of them with a lock of beard was Cai Wenzhong, an old Chinese doctor in the village, who often went into the mountains with Uncle Orion. The one everyone called "Pharmacist" was kowtowing to Wang Xiaosong, frowning. Lock.

Wang Xiaosong's neighbors, Li Dongsheng and Ai Yulian, the parents of the younger sister Li Yunqiu, were also there, wiping Wang Xiaosong's sweat.

Seeing Li Junge coming in, Li Dongsheng greeted Ai Yulian hurriedly.

Wang Xiaosong also opened his eyes, and called out weakly, "Uncle Erpi."

Li Junge quickly touched Wang Xiaosong's head, and said, "Hey, it's all like this, so stop talking about etiquette." Turning around, he asked Cai Wenzhong, "Uncle Pharmacist, what's the situation?"

Uncle Pharmacist frowned and said, "This should be an intestinal ulcer. It's an emergency. I have to send it to the county hospital as soon as possible."

Li Junge called: "Uncle Yaoshi, can you change your name to something I can understand!"

Uncle Pharmacist said, "It's appendicitis."

Hearing that this was Li Junge, he was taken aback. He had a college classmate who could pass this, and he might die.Quickly picked up Wang Xiaosong and said: "I asked Uncle Wu to prepare the boat, and I have to go to the county tonight no matter what."

When the other three heard this, they said, "We will follow."

Li Junge said as he walked outside: "Uncle Wubiao's boat is too small, and it's too dangerous to sail at night... In this way, uncle Yaoshi, come with me. You are a doctor and you can take care of you on the way. Uncle Dongsheng and Aunt Yulian Don't go, Xiaoqiu still needs you to take care of me, my parents and Uncle Dongfang will come later and you tell them, we have to leave quickly."

Leaving Xiaosong's house, Uncle Yaoshi turned on the light behind him, and Li Junge hurried to the small pier with Wang Xiaosong on his back.

When I came to the small pier, I saw that Uncle Wu had set the iron boat on fire, and was anxiously walking back and forth with a big lamp to illuminate the road.

After picking up the three people, the small iron boat made a U-turn and rushed towards the Wuxi River without stopping for a while.

After driving for a while, when approaching the Hongshui River, Li Junge called Wang Congjun, told him about the situation, and asked him to drive to the pier and wait.

　In fact, I came up with the idea of ​​this book after reading "The Little Landlord". The customs and customs under Daqing Mountain make people have a long aftertaste. I think that there are too few works reflecting the Southwest. Hope to have a good result!By the way, pay tribute to "Little Landlord"!
　　
　
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